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halobacteria::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | halobacter, halobacterium |
| Type of | halophil, halophile |
Examples of halobacteria
halobacteria
Halobacteria are now recognized as archaea, rather than bacteria.
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Halobacteria can grow aerobically or anaerobically.
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Lastly, halobacteria are not bacteria at all.
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Parts of the membranes of halobacteria are purplish in color, and large blooms of Halobacteria appear reddish, from the pigment bacteriorhodopsin, related to the retinal pigment rhodopsin.
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The process is unrelated to other forms of photosynthesis involving electron transport however, and halobacteria are incapable of fixing carbon from carbon dioxide.
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Chlorophyll does not absorb green light because it first arose in organisms living in oceans where purple halobacteria were already exploiting photosynthesis.
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The new organisms that then later came to dominate the extraction of light were selected to exploit those portions of the spectrum not used by the halobacteria.
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- Halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats
- In taxonomy, the Halobacteria (also Halomebacteria) are a class of the Euryarchaeota, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt. They are also called halophiles, though this name is also used for other organisms which live in somewhat less concentrated salt water. ...
- In taxonomy, Halobacterium is a genus of the Halobacteriaceae.
